HARARE, ZIMBABAWE — The United Nations Children’s Fund and Zimbabwe have released a report saying nearly half the country’s youth are not in school due to poverty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report says the percentage has more than doubled in the last three years. Still, the UNICEF representative in Zimbabwe, Tajudeen Oyewale, has praised…
By CGTN Africa Scientists in Kenya say citizens should prepare for a possible sixth wave of COVID-19. A number of factors are blamed for the new wave, including disobeying public health protocols and guidelines, reopening of schools, political activities, and a low vaccination rate. According to Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) Committee Chairman, Prof Khama Rogo,…
By AFP The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday launched an Ebola vaccination campaign in response to the 14th outbreak of the deadly virus since 1976, including six since 2018. Two people died recently in the northwestern town of Mbandaka, in the most recent outbreak, the World Health Organization’s Africa office announced. “Over the years, with the support…
By CGTN Africa A second Ebola patient has died in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday, days after a fresh outbreak of the deadly disease emerged. According to genetic testing by the WHO, the infection confirmed last week was a new “spillover event”, a transmission from an infected animal, and…
By AP Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the ruins of a temple for the ancient Greek god Zeus in the Sinai Peninsula, antiquities authorities said Monday. The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement the temple ruins were found in the Tell el-Farma archaeological site in northwestern Sinai. Tell el-Farma, also known by its ancient name Pelusium,…
By CGTN Africa According to Ugandan medical experts, a significant number of COVID-19 survivors are grappling with the long-term effects of the virus which has affected their productivity and quality of life. The experts were reacting to a new report from the United Kingdom’s Leicester University which indicated that only a third of 804 COVID-19 survivors…
By AFP A dramatic drop in testing for COVID-19 has left the world blind to the virus’s continuing rampage and its potentially dangerous mutations, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. The UN health agency said that reported COVID-19 cases and deaths had been dropping dramatically. “Last week, just over 15 thousand deaths were reported to WHO…
‘Our Africa by Merck Foundation’ TV program is currently going to be broadcasted in Kenya, Uganda, and Ghana, the TV program will also soon be aired in other African countries. Devdiscourse News Desk Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany has launched their first-ever TV program – ‘Our Africa by Merck Foundation’. This…
By Jerry Omondi More study is needed in efforts to incorporate traditional medicines into global healthcare systems, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom. Dr Tedros made the remarks on Wednesday at the Inaugural Session of Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. “More study is needed, including with…
By XINHUA Kenya’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday that it has intensified a campaign toward the elimination of the malaria epidemic by the year 2030. Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said that over the last decade, the East African nation has reduced the burden of malaria by 50 percent from a prevalence…
